This dissertation explores the use of photoelectron imaging spectrometry to probe the molecular electronic structure of various chemical systems, with an emphasis on photoelectron angular distributions. Experimental ion generation, mass selection, laser photodetachment, and photoelectron ion imaging were all done in a photoelectron imaging spectrometer described in detail. Results from simplistic systems, OH- and CH-, are used to illustrate the general and fundamental capabilities of imaging spectroscopy and angular distributions. This illustration is then expanded when both qualitative and quantitative analyses of photoelectron angular distributions are used to aid in the understanding of the electronic structure of several heterocyclic aromatic systems. First a qualitative analysis aids in the exploration of the electronic structure of thiophenide, C₄H₃S⁻, and furanide, C₄H₃O⁻. Ground and excited C₄H₃S and C₄H₃O radical states are observed, and bond dissociation energies are defined. Next, a new model used to qualitatively analyze photoelectron angular distributions resulting from mixed s - p hybrid states is presented and applied to detachment from pyridinide, C₅H₄N⁻; as a benchmark system. Before further exploring this model, the synthesis of several deuterated heterocyclic compounds is presented in order to determine the experimentally produced systems in our experimental setup. The electronic structure of the resultant molecules oxazolide, C₃H₂NO⁻, and thiazolide, C₃H₂NS⁻; are then investigated. Using this new qualitative model, the mixed s - p states model, to evaluate the angular distributions of the systems, the hybridization of the anion molecular orbitals is probed. Comparison of the photoelectron angular distributions that are modeled for each heterocyclic aromatic system yields several trends relating aromatic stabilization, molecular hybridization, and bond dissociation energies. A new qualitative model is then presented to evaluate photoelectron angular distributions resulting from mixed p - d states and applied to detachment from NO⁻. Finally, new ideas and directions are proposed.

Submitted by Allan Victor Ribeiro null (allan_vr@fc.unesp.br) on 2017-07-12T19:01:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese - Allan Victor Ribeiro - Posmat.pdf: 17273743 bytes, checksum: 654df5020a2a453977468f1145d42794 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Monique Sasaki (sayumi_sasaki@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-14T17:31:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ribeiro_av_dr_bauru.pdf: 17273743 bytes, checksum: 654df5020a2a453977468f1145d42794 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-14T17:31:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ribeiro_av_dr_bauru.pdf: 17273743 bytes, checksum: 654df5020a2a453977468f1145d42794 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-28 / Gregory H. Wannier, em 1937, introduziu uma representação dos orbitais eletrônicos cristalinos em termos de funções ortogonais localizadas relacionadas com os orbitais atômicos. Posteriormente, tais funções foram denominadas de funções de Wannier. Nos últimos 30 anos, estudos têm apontado um crescente interesse da comunidade científica por estas funções, as quais se apresentam como uma poderosa ferramenta para a investigação de propriedades eletrônicas dos materiais. No presente trabalho, calculamos as funções de Wannier de sistemas nanométricos uni e bidimensionais. Inicialmente abordamos o cumuleno, que consiste em uma cadeia de átomos de carbono equidistantes. As funções de Bloch são obtidas por meio de uma aproximação tight binding e as funções de Wannier, usuais e generalizadas, são calculadas a partir delas. São discutidas as relações entre as funções de Wannier generalizadas obtidas por meio da aproximação tight binding e os orbitais híbridos sp. Isto é explicado mediante um cálculo alternativo das funções de Wannier, com a resolução de um problema de autovalores generalizado. As funções de Wannier das bandas pz do grafeno também são calculadas a partir das funções de Bloch obtidas por meio de uma aproximação tight binding. Elas assemelham-se a um par ligante-antiligante de orbitais moleculares, e suas propriedades de simetria e localização são discutidas. Finalmente, por meio de uma combinação dos pacotes PWscf (baseado em ondas planas e na teoria do funcional da densidade) e wannier90, são calculadas as funções de Bloch e as funções de Wannier de máxima localização para arranjos atômicos com periodicidade em uma (cumuleno) e duas (grafeno) dimensões. Há boa concordância qualitativa entre os resultados da aproximação tight binding e da teoria do funcional da densidade. Deve-se ressaltar que a primeira abordagem não usa réplicas dos sistemas nanométricos e permite aprofundar o entendimento das propriedades e do significado físico das funções de Wannier. / Gregory H. Wannier, in 1937, introduced a representation of crystalline electronic orbitals in terms of localized orthogonal functions related to the atomic orbitals. Subsequently, these functions were called as Wannier functions. Over the past 30 years, studies have shown a growing interest of the scientific community on these functions, which are presented as a powerful tool to investigate the electronic properties of materials. In this work, we calculate the Wannier functions of one and two-dimensional nanometric systems. Initially, we deal with cumulene, which consists of a chain of equidistant carbon atoms. The Bloch functions are obtained by means of a tight binding approximation, and the standard and the generalized Wannier functions are derived from them. The relations between the generalized Wannier functions and the sp hybrid orbitals is discussed. This is explained through an alternative calculation of the Wannier functions, solving a generalized eigenvalue problem. The pz Wannier functions of graphene are also calculated from the Bloch functions obtained by means of a tight binding approximation. They resemble a bonding-antibonding pair of molecular orbitals, and their symmetry and localization properties are discussed. Finally, by combining the computational codes PWscf (based on plane waves and the Density-functional Theory) and wannier90, the Bloch functions and the maximally localized Wannier functions are calculated for atomic arrangements which are periodic in one (cumulene) and two (graphene) dimensions. There is a good qualitative agreement between the results of the tight binding and density-functional approaches. It should be noted that the former does not involve replicas of the nanometric systems and allows a deeper understanding of the properties and the physical meaning of the Wannier functions.